Fond du Lac Arts

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Fond du Lac Arts is a series exploring the stories, creative expression, and craftsmanship of Fond du Lac artists from a range of disciplines. This project is produced by AMPERS, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities in partnership with WGZS, the Radio Voice of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

  1. Episode 1

    Jeff Savage

    Jeff Savage shares his experience of quarrying pipestone and making pipes from the red stone that has been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

    Jeff Savage

  2. Episode 2

    Janis A. Fairbanks

    Janis Fairbanks talks about her new memoir Sugar Bush Babies: Stories of My Ojibwe Grandmother and the grandmother that inspired her love of storytelling.

    Janis A. Fairbanks

  3. Episode 3

    Biidaasige Thomas Howes

    Biidaasige Thomas Howes is a cradleboard and lacrosse stick maker. He uses the craft of steam bending wood to create his work, a skill taught him years ago by a Red Cliff birch bark canoe maker.

    Biidaasige Thomas Howes

  4. Episode 4

    Moira "Miri" Villiard

    Multidisciplinary artist Moira Villiard loves the image of the hand. In the fabric piece, "Resist and Reclaim," she embroidered hands on a denim jacket stitched together with handwork made by the women in her family, past and present, evoking the invisible labor of women across the centuries.

    Moira "Miri" Villiard

  5. Episode 5

    Karen Savage-Blue

    Karen Savage-Blue decided to challenge herself as an artist. For one year, she made a painting every day, even on way-too-busy days and days when everything seemed to go wrong.

    Karen Savage-Blue

  6. Episode 6

    Chi Ma'iingan

    In 2019, Chi Ma'iingan stepped away from his job as police chief to create Round Lake Traditions, contemporary apparel with traditional Ojibwe floral designs.

    Chi Ma'iingan

  7. Episode 7

    Allie Tibbetts

    Allie Tibbetts had already written two children's books drawn from Ojibwe culture and language. But now she wanted to write a story to remind her daughter and other Ojibwe children where they came from. That became her 2025 book Anangokaaning Wenjibaad: The One Who Comes from the Stars.

    Allie Tibbetts

  8. Episode 8

    Thomas Peacock

    Thomas Peacock was the kid with his ear to the door when older relatives were in the next room, talking family and Fond du Lac history. So, it was no surprise he grew up to be an author and historian. In 2018, together with wife Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, he started Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, to promote Native authors and illustrators.

    Thomas Peacock
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Fond du Lac Arts is a series exploring the stories, creative expression, and craftsmanship of Fond du Lac artists from a range of disciplines. This project is produced by AMPERS, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities in partnership with WGZS, the Radio Voice of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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  • Creator
    WGZS
  • Years Active
    2025
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Fond du Lac Arts